Selective Service -- Corresp. -- General Corresp 2 [McDaniel Lewis papers]
Date
1943-1948
Creator (individual)
Lewis, McDaniel
Subject headings
Greensboro (N.C.) -- History--20th century;World War, 1939-1945
Place
Greensboro (N.C.)
Description
Included in this folder is correspondence relevant to McDaniel Lewis in his position as Chairman of Board #2 of the Guilford County Selective Service System. There are items such as meeting notifications, donation acknowledgements, and expressions of appreciation for service. A letter invites Lewis to a Civitan Club event held at the O’Henry Hotel to honor Draft Board personnel; General J. Van B. Metts was the speaker. The folder also includes a response to a questionnaire completed by Mary Dettmering regarding her father Frederick Dettmering’s service and a letter from J. Horner regarding potential 2-A classification wherein he notes deferments given to baseball players. Of particular interest, the folder includes a list of members of the Greensboro Clearing House Committee, the resolution passed by Henry K. Burtner Post #53 of the American Legion regarding bus overcrowding, and a summary letter written by James Morgan that details the history of the Greensboro Draft Boards.
Type
Text
Original format
correspondence;telegrams
Original publisher
[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified]
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Object ID
GHM_MSS041.045.034
Digital access format
Image/jpeg
Digital publisher
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, University Libraries, PO Box 26170, Greensboro NC 27402-6170, 336.334.5304 -- http://library.uncg.edu/
